Vickers microindentation toughness of a sintered SiC in the median-crack regime
- Washington Univ., Seattle, WA (United States). Coll. of Engineering
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (United States). Mackay School of Mines
The Vickers microindentation method for the determination of the fracture toughness of ceramics was investigated in the median crack regime for a sintered alpha SiC. The results are compared with fracture toughness measurements by conventional fracture mechanics technique and also with the reported indentation toughness for the low-load Palmqvist crack regime. Indentation toughnesses in the median crack regime vary widely depending on the choice of the specific equation which is applied. The indentation toughnesses are also load (crack length) dependent. A decreasing R-curve trend results, in contradiction to the flat R-curve that has been observed with conventional fracture mechanics techniques. It is concluded that the Vickers microindentation method is not a reliable technique for the determination of the fracture toughness of ceramics in the median crack regime.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5239751
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-16927; ON: DE92000225
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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